Drainage and sewer sanitary appliance.



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J. J. WADE. DRAINAGE AND SEWER SANITARY APPLIANGE.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 1'1. 1905.

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J. J. WADE. DRAINAGE AND SEWER SANITRY APPLIANGE.

APPLICATION FILED APB-17.1905.

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PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906.

J; J., WADE. DRAINAGE AND sEwEE SANITARY AEELIANGE.

APPIEIOATION FILED APB. l?. 1806.

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UNITED STATES PATENTQQEEICE.

.IAMEs J. WADE, oE CHICAGO, ILLINoIs., DRAINAGE AND SEWER SANITARY I I'"I'I..IANCE Application filed April17| To all whom, it Inay concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. WADE, a citi zen-of the United States of America, ,and a residentI of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Drainage and Sewer Sanitary Appliances, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention contemplates certain improvements in the connections, joints, appliances, etc., employed in connecting sinks, closets, drain-pipes, and the like with sewers and other main offtakes.

Objects of my invention are to provide an improved /Llilgoli adapted for use in all places where it is necessary or desirable to occasionally Hush the interior of a pipe, catch-basin, trap, or the like for the purpose of keeping the same in cleanly and sanitary order; to provide an improved closet connection of such character as to facilitate the establishment of connection between a closet and the pipe leading to a sewer; to provide an improved construction by which a castingsuch, for example, as a back-water gatevalve-may be provided with a threaded boss ada ted to receive the threaded end of a pipe wit out the necessity of turning the threads inthe metal of the casting; to provide an improved pipe-coupling for appliances such,` for example, as a catch-basin and whereby either a threaded or a calked joint may be established, according to whether the pipe is threaded or unthreaded; to provide an improved -straightwaycleanout for oift'akes or outlets-such, for example, as the interior elbow-shaped oiftakepipe of a catch-basin-and to provide certain details and features of improvement tending to increase the general efficiency of devices of this particular nature.

To the foregoing and other useful ends my invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a back-water gate-valve equipped with my improved flush-out and threaded boss or bushin Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 in Fig. 1 ig. 3 shows a catch-basin equipped with my improved flush-out, pipecoupling, and strai htway clean-out for the otake or outlet. ig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 in Fig. 4. Fig. '6 shows a floor drain equipped with my improved flush-out. Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 7 in Fig. 6. Fig. 8'

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

1905. Serial No. 256.137.

shows a closet connection provided with my improved flush-out and calked joint.

shows a grease-trap constructed with my improved flush-out. Fig. 11 is a section on line 11 11 in Fig. 10. Fig. 12 shows a drumtrap equipped with my improved Hush-out. Fig. 13 is a section on line 13 13 in Fig. 12. Fig. 14 is a section on line 14 14 in Fig. 3.

The back-water gate-valve A (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) com rises the usual inlet a and the outlet a/and t e swinging yalmvgmengber a2, the latter adapted to g reventvwackiigw from the sewer. In addition, however, the structure is provided with the novel feature of a divided flush-out consisting of two Waterinlet openings a3, the same being adapted to discharge .two converging strea'ms or jets against the opposite sides of the interior and in such manner that the two jets rebound and come together, causing a very efficient flushing action. A flushing-pipe al* leadsy to the said flush-out and is secured in place by means of a threaded bushing a5, secured in place during the process of casting-that is, the metal is cast around its outer threaded surface. In this way a cheap but entirely out the necessity of cutting or turning threads in the metal of the casting, for I nd it cheaper and more satisfactory to buy internally and externally threaded bushings and cast the metal around them than to cut the threads directly in the metal of the casting. The divided flush-out insures a highly eilicient scouring or cleaning action of the Water.

In Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 14 the catch-basin B is provided with a similar Hush-out consisting of the inlet-openings b, to which water is conducted by the pipe b. Also the structure is provided with an improved lpipe-coupling b2 for the intake-pipe. Said coupling has a threaded portion b3 for threaded pipes and a non-threaded portion b4 forsmooth oruninternally-t leaded portion being less than the internal diameter of the non-threaded portion. In this Way a threaded joint can be made with a threaded pipe and a calked 'oint with an unthreaded pipe, the one couping or fitting answering for both cases. Furthermore, the said catch-basin has the regular elbow-shaped internal offtake b5; but in y accordance with my invention said ofi'- take has its elbow provided with a straight- XIV.

threaded pi es, the internal diameter of the way clean-out device be. This clean-out Fig. 9 is a sectiononline99 in Fig. 8. Fig. 10

satisfactory threaded joint is obtained with- IOO preferably consists of a swinging valve member adapted to normally close the opening in the elbow and held in place by a thumbscrew 117. When it is desired to rod-out the passage, the cover bs can be removed and the thumb-screw bl loosened for the purpose of opening the elbow-that is, so as to create a straight way from the intake b9 to the olitake b1, and thereby facilitate roddingout. This elbow-shaped oftake is also provided with a divided iiush-out consisting of the divergent openings b and. blz. The opening b discharges a jet of water across the upper or horizontal portion of the elbow- -shaped offtake and toward the oiitake 1110,' but the openingr b discharges a jet of water across and downwardly of the vertical portion of the said elbow-shaped member. With this provision the oltake means can be fiushed and thoroughly cleaned. A flushingpipe b conducts t e water to the openings b and 512.

In Figs. 6 and 7 the floor-drain C is provided with a surface intake c and an offtake c. A trap or water seal c2 is also provided, as well as a back-water gate-valve device c3. Between the trap and the swinging valve member the floor-drain is provided with my improved flush-out, consisting of two divergent inlet-openings c, connected-to receive water from the iiushing-pipe c5. With this provision the valve can be effectually flushed and cleared of all accumulations.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the closet connection D has my improved Hush-out, consisting of the Haring or divergent openings d, arranged to receive water from the iiushing-pipe d. Another feature of novelty consists of a thimble cl2, provided with a lianged bushing d3. With this arrangement the connection D can be adjusted into place, and if it is not level the thimble d2 can be tilted or raised at either side for the purpose of making it level. The seat d4 provides a somewhat loose joint between the thimble and connection, thus making it easy to level up the flange d5 and connect the Same with the closet regardless of the exactness with which the connection D is connected with the pipe leading to the sewer. The joint between the thimble and connection D can be calked tight in the usual manner.

In Figs. 10 and 11 the grease-trap E can be constructed in the ordinary manner, with the exception, however, that the side of the trap is provided with my improved flush-out, consisting of the flaring or divergent openings e, arranged to receive Water from the fiushing-pipe e.

In Figs. 12 and 13 the Well-known drumtrap F is provided at its side and near its bottom with my improved flush-out, consisting of the divergent openings f, arranged to receive water from the flushing-pipe It is evident that my improved ush-out is applicable to a great variety of sanitary appliances. The flush-outis always arranged, it will be seen, so as to send the two divergent jets of water forward in the chamber or passage to be flushed, one jet at each side thereof, thus producing the desired and improved swirling or iushing action of the water therein. The additional or auxiliary flush-out, consisting of the two jet-openings b and b, does not, of course, have the characteristics of the main iiush-out-that is to say, does not have its two jet-openings in the same horizontal plane. As stated, however, the main flush-out is always, as shown', so disposed that the jets are directed in a forward direction, one at each side of the chamber to be fiushed. For example, in Fig. 3 the chamber B has a horizontal intake and a horizontal offtake and has a flush-out consisting of the pair of divergent jet-openings b, adapted to send two divergent jets 'of water forward in said chamber, one jet of Water at each side thereof. Also in Fig. 3 it will be seen that these two divergent jets of water are proj ected forward in the direction of the swinging valve member b". This is also true of course of Fig. 1, in which the chamber has a horizontal intake and a horizontal oii'take, a swinging valve member a2, and a pair of divergent jet-openings a?, adapted to project the iushing-jets forward in the direction of the valve member, one jet at each side of the chamber or passage to be flushed. By the expression forward in said chamber or passage I mean that the two divergent jets of the flush-out are projected in the same and a more or less horizontal direction-as, for example, in Fig. l-or in a horizontal directionas, for example, in Fig. 12-and that preferably this general direction is toward the offtake, as is true, of course, of Figs. 1 to 13, inclusive.

It will be seen that in Figs. 1 to 13, inclusive, the jet-openings are formed in and lead through the wall of the passage or chamber to be flushed and that the entire flush-out is outside of said passage or chamber. It will be understood, however, that I do not limit myself to any particular means Jfor supplying water to the outer or conver ing ends of the jet-openings of the flush-out Ieading through the wall of the passage or chamber to be flushed.

What I claim as my invention is- 1` A flush-out for devices of the character described, comprising a pair of divergent jetopenings b adapted to discharge the water in two divergent jets or streams, and a flushingpipe b connected to supply water to said jetopenings, an intake and an offtake for the means having said flush-out, and a swinging val e member in alinement with said intake andLffwke-'and providing a straightway clean-out, said offtake having vertical and horizontal portions with the said valve mem- IOO IIO

ber applied to its elbow, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

, 2. A flush-out for devices of the character described, comprising a pair of divergent jetopenings b adapted to discharge the water in two divergent jets or streams, a flushing-pipe b connected to supply water to said j et-openings, and an elbow-shaped oftake for the means having said flush-out, together with an additional flush-out for said offtake, adapted to discharge the water outwardly and also downwardly therein, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a catch-basin, an intake and an ofi"- take, the offtake being provided with a vertical inlet portion and a horizontal outlet portion, the intake and said outlet portion being in alinement, and a normally closed straightway clean-out applied to the elbow portion of said offtake, said clean-out being in alinement with the said intake and outlet portion, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a catch-basin, an elbow-shaped offtake provided with a flush-out adapted to discharge water both outwardly and down-4 wardly therein, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a device of the class specified, the combination of a passage or chamber to be flushed at will, an intake and an olftake therefor, and a flush-out consisting of a pair of divergent jet-openings formed inand leading through the wall of said passage or chamber and adapted to send two divergent jets ofl water forward in said chamber or passage, one jet at each side thereof, together with a socket formed in the outside of said wall and communicating with the converging ends of said jet-openings, and a flush-pipe secured in said socket, said flush-out being entirely outside of said passage or chamber, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 12th day of April, 1905.

JAMES J. WADE.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE M. THORNE, ALBERT J. SAUsER. 

